The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-09
Pith and Point.

priately named Colin q. Bier.
THE Bedbug is the name of paper lust
started in Texas. Its articles ara all biting
AN official connected with the sanitary
department of Paris says that there are :ully
$500, 600 rats in that city.
Two farmers of Douglas county, ILL.,, have
spent $400 in the courts in trying to settle
the ownership of hog worth 80.
SWITZERLAND, though so small a country,
has thousand hotels, whose revenues con-
sideraby exceed those Of the republic.
FRANCE possesses the very oldest maid in
the world Her age is 100 years, and she
still giggles when she sees " horrid man"
A VERY eficacious and celebrated Russian
patent medicine was recently analysed. 1t
was found to be nothing but water from the
river Neva
WOULDN'T be a fool, il were you"
said Jones to friend. eff you were me
you wouldn't be fool" was the reply
Pittsb,rg Dispatch.
81 HAVE theory about the dead lam
guages," remarked a Brown University
freshman. think they were killed by
being studied too hard. Up Providence Tele-
gram.
A coLoRED clergyman in southern town
prayed the other day that the indicate
| might be made delicate the intemnerate
| temperate and the industrious, dustrious-
Erchdnge.
They had an accident on the X-road
yesterday" remarked travelling man. " Is
it possibel What was the nature of ito;
3" The train came in on schedule time -
Merchant TrdUeLer.
JOHNNY, l have discovered that you have
| taken more maple sugar than | gave YOU"
" Yes grandma; I've been making believe
there was another little boy spending the
day with me.'-IIdrper'S Bdzdr
A YELLOW substance very much like bees
wax has been found in Georgia. 1t is
kind of rock, and when shaved off rolls up
| like that article. Though it does not burn,
it becomes hard as flint when heated.
THE New York Herdid describes the crown
| prince of Germany as wearing dark blue
generals uniform" We had several green
generals in our war; but dark blue general
is a novelty.-BoStoB Commercial bulletin.
WE frequently read that Mr.. Whatss-
| name and wife Will summer in Europe, and
that Mr. Unowho and wife will winter in
the South. 1t is now stated that Mr.. and
Mrs. Blank will spring in the North and that
Mr.. Dash and wife will fall in Red Lake.
Norristo,cn Herdld.
LEADER of orchestra: "All ready. All,
what is the matter, Herr Schweinfurth?"
Herr Schweinfurth "Dot overture will have
to wait. Ohf dot Teller vot plays de trum
can't geeb from chewin' unit den usin mine
horn for Won spiddoon, | will resign my
selluf from dis pand."
ONE of the features of the school chill
hltu > SlIlkt DIT IullduelDIlld was "a process
sion, or rather several professions, beating
drums and waving flags. Some of the cries
were Z" No teacher, no school" " Live and
learn" Hurrah for Mrs. Spallen, the best
teacher in the world"
WE have had a dreadful winter-a winter
of fogs, of rains, of frosts-and it is far better
| to tell the truth about it, for with it all we
have sustained no serious damage and he
who runs may read that at her worst Flor
ida is far better than all her cold, bleak
northern sisters.-Floridd Letter.
Boston people will find it difficult to be-
lieve that the following advertisement APP
peared in the EUening Post of Boston in
1742; To he sold by the Printer of this
Paper, the very best Negro Woman in this
Town, who has had the SMALLPOX and the
Measles; is as hearty as horse, as brisk as
Bird, and will work like Beaver. Au-
gust %, 1742."
A READER, who is prejudiced against close
| linked articles of food, sends us the follow
ing concerning the " Remarkable Sagacity
of Cat: Mistress walks into the kitchen
and finds her favorte cat with back and tail
up and growing savagely. Why, cook
what is the matter with puss? / don't see
any dogs around" Cook: Why, you see,
marin, there's some sausages on the table,
and that accounts for it," Mistress faints.
In nearly all the states the courts have
held that it is legal to dun man by means
of postal card. But it is unjust all the
same, to the debtor; not that the sentimental
| injury to his feelings is of any consequence,
but in giving the postmaster and his friends
an opportunity to read the dun the debtors
chances for obtaining further favors of
| monetary nature are apprecably curtailed.
The judges should have thought of this
Boston Transcript.
A CLOUD dispelled Alonzo: Dearest
Edith, candor compels me, on the eve of
our wedding, to confess that l am "a"
Edith Gn consternation); " Not a married
r9nnNN A
list" Edith: And is that all, dearest?
That should not separate us. Why, papa
was brought up an old-fashoned Methodist,
and mamma has always been Close-com-
munion Baptist, and they've got along very
well together. '-Harper'S Bdzdr.
A MAN comes out of a tavern and hurries
| down the street A moment later two other
men rush out and shout, " Stop HIM" A
dozen men repeat the cry, and the man is
presently brought to a stand by policeman.
When his pursuers come up, one OF them
remarks. There, Fritz, it's no use trying
to get away. You will have to take another
beer with u.s. Then, turning to the gaping
crowd, " thank you, gentlemen, for your
kind assistance. -Frankfvter Zeitung.
A MAN living in Metropolis, H., says a
ghost walked home with him the other
night. 1t got in front of him several times
and he walked through it, there being no
substance to impede his progress. He finally
stopped II with long pole, whereupon it
vanished And it was time. Who wouldn't
vanish after having been gone through and 9
then stirred up with a long pole? The man
insists that he was sober. 1t is this that
gives the affair a bad look.-BoSton Tran
script.
THE blue-jay is a bird of opinions about
most things and able to express himself
quite clearly. For example. when he
found himself under chair without rounds,
on which he likes to perch, he stood and
looked around on every side, and made a
low, complaining cry-plainly a protest
against so unnatural a chair. And again,
when he scolded at the rain that came in
sudden gusts against the window or
charged furiously at the crack under door
when he heard sweeping outside.-Atldntic
| Monthly.
DURING the twenty years which DR..
| Ackley practiced in northern Ohio his rep
utation became very great. He was a man
who was impulsive in his actions, as is
shown by the following incidents One day
while duck-shooting he was accompanied by
a favorite dog Another hunter was on the
opposite side of the stream. and as the
| ducks which he shot fell into the water DIR.
! Ackley's dog would swim in and get them.
! The man objected to this, but Ackley told
the man he should have all the ducks re-
trieved by the dog. The man answered
that should the dog retrieve another duck
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